Claim reviews

Anti-vaccination organization spreads baseless claim that global HPV vaccination campaign will lead to “mass casualty event”
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HPV vaccines are ineffective and cause side effects including autoimmune and neurological disorders, based on VAERS reports

SOURCE: Brenda Baletti, Children's Health Defense

Published: 30 Nov 2023

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Public information film on coronavirus allegedly from the 1970s is a parody published in 2020
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A public information film on the coronavirus was released in the 1970s

SOURCE: Social media users, YouTube

Published: 28 Nov 2023

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Instagram reel rehashes old misinformation inaccurately linking autism with vaccines, glyphosate, and MTHFR mutations
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Vaccines, MTHFR mutation, and glyphosate lead to autism in children with brain injury

SOURCE: Nathan Riley, Instagram

Published: 23 Nov 2023

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Misuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs
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Red Bull contain cocaine and buprenorphine

SOURCE: Social media users, TikTok, Facebook

Published: 23 Nov 2023

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Social media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
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“There is a cure to every d!isease”; herbs can cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s

SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook

Published: 17 Nov 2023

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There are no genetically modified organisms in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines; no evidence these vaccines modify our DNA
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Unapproved genetically modified organisms in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could permanently change our DNA

SOURCE: Julian Fidge, Rebekah Barnett, Dystopian Down Under

Published: 17 Nov 2023

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No evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
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COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women is connected to an increase in U.S. infant mortality rate in 2022

SOURCE: Facebook Users, Facebook

Published: 15 Nov 2023

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Elon Musk’s claim that ventilators killed COVID-19 patients confuses correlation with causation
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Ventilators, not COVID, killed hospitalized COVID patients

SOURCE: Elon Musk, The Joe Rogan Experience

Published: 14 Nov 2023

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Social media post inaccurately claims natural remedy of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot
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A soup made of garlic, onions, thyme, and lemon can replace the flu shot and cure other illnesses such as the common cold and norovirus

SOURCE: Anonymous, Healthy Holistic Living

Published: 14 Nov 2023

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James Thorp spreads false claims that COVID-19 vaccines harm fertility, pregnancy, infant survival in The Sentinel Report interview
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“Americans are dropping dead” from COVID-19 vaccines; vaccines impair fertility, pregnancy, infant survival

SOURCE: James Thorp, The Sentinel Report

Published: 11 Nov 2023

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